as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station
upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement
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as in aristocracy
the highest class in a society
a school founded to educate the children of the upper class
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Recent Examples of upper-class
Air Mail,
23 May 2026
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring a cast of relatively unknown Mexican actors, the black-and-white film follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a housekeeper for an upper-class family in the 1970s, where Cuarón himself grew up.
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James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
The Know,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
Queen Victoria is largely credited with popularizing the color among brides; by the mid-20th century, the color white was a given among brides and no longer often reserved for just the upper class.
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María Mérida,
Glamour,
30 May 2026
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Adjective
Built up in the 1870s as a resort for nuclear families, Fire Island was destroyed by a hurricane in the 1930s, which quickly chased away its upper-class vacationers.
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Air Mail,
23 May 2026
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring a cast of relatively unknown Mexican actors, the black-and-white film follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a housekeeper for an upper-class family in the 1970s, where Cuarón himself grew up.
—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
The throughline of his life is his on-again, off-again friendship with, but also his steadfast love for a neighbor girl of the upper class, who challenges him repeatedly to become his better self.
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The Know,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
Queen Victoria is largely credited with popularizing the color among brides; by the mid-20th century, the color white was a given among brides and no longer often reserved for just the upper class.
—
María Mérida,
Glamour,
30 May 2026
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The Sound and The Fury Told by four narrators in a stream of consciousness writing style, this 1929 story describes the downfall of a wealthy Southern aristocratic family, the Compsons.
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Because of previous demand, over 20,000 people had been employed in buckle manufacture in the Birmingham area, but when this aristocratic fashion suddenly collapsed in 1786 on the eve of the French Revolution, their trade collapsed along with it.
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At last, Jones also thought, there was a chance to spotlight the dynamic between North Wales‘ working-class community and its aristocracy on the big screen, a corner of Britain’s social history that has long been sidelined.
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Meanwhile, its extensive aristocracy dominated its society and economy.
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Gustaf Lagerbielke, a 26-year-old center back, comes from a line of nobility, particularly Counts, in his home country.
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This piece of jewelry, worn by Princess Elisabeth, was a wedding gift from the Belgian nobility to Mathilde on the occasion of her wedding in 1999.
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She’s being raised in upper crust Gilead society, tutored in a private girls’ school led by Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) for a potential prosperous husband, specifically one in the upper ranks of the military.
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To give the illusion of a real club for California’s upper crust, several celebrities make cameos as club guests, including Michael Phelps, Suni Lee, and Finneas O’Connell, all of whom play snobbish parodies of themselves.
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Parker will play Mary Washington, George’s strong willed mother, while Rodgers will play Sally Cary, the charming beauty of the Virginia gentry who first sees his potential.
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Grammer will play Lord Fairfax, the unofficial leader of the Virginia gentry who has a complicated relationship to young George Washington as both his crucial mentor and as the father of his romantic rival.
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